Robert Murat wins in Madeleine McCann court action

The Daily Mail and other newspapers yesterday apologised in court for the publication of false allegations about Robert Murat, Michaela Walczuch and Sergey Malinka, who we had wrongly suggested in a number of articles might have been involved in the abduction of Madeleine McCann and had told lies about their involvement.

We accepted in court that these allegations were untrue and that none of these individuals had any involvement in Madeleine’s abduction.

In recognition of the distress caused, we have agreed to pay substantial damages to the claimants, plus their legal costs.